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China’s Fight Against Chikungunya Virus Tests a City’s Post-Covid Patience

5 août 2025 à 10:44
The authorities are inspecting homes, tracking purchases of fever medicines and deploying drones as they urge people to join an eradication campaign that echoes Covid measures.

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Fogging with insecticide at a hospital in the Chinese city of Foshan, where officials are battling an outbreak of chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne viral disease.

Torrential Rain Batters Hong Kong, Flooding the Waterlogged City

5 août 2025 à 05:47
Record-setting rain has brought chaos to parts of Hong Kong, with submerged streets, stranded buses and landslides. Residents were advised to avoid going out.

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Water spilling onto a street in the Quarry Bay area of Hong Kong on Tuesday. Parts of Hong Kong were brought to a standstill by flooding caused by days of heavy rains.
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Ancient Gems Linked to Buddha Are Returned to India

31 juillet 2025 à 09:09
Sotheby’s had canceled an auction of the Piprahwa Gems after pressure from the Indian government. India said the relics were back in their “rightful home.”

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Some of the Piprahwa Gems, seen on display in 2023 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Louis Vuitton Netherlands Entangled in Money-Laundering Case

23 juillet 2025 à 05:01
A customer’s cash purchases of luxury goods totaling millions of euros in value caught the attention of prosecutors, who say the company should have noticed.

Sharing a Bed With Your Kid? It’s Totally Normal in Asia.

22 juillet 2025 à 00:00
Bed sharing tends to be unpopular and contentious in the United States. But in many Asian countries, the question is often not whether to do it, but when to stop.

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Erin Lim, second from right, and Tommy Kim in their bedroom with their sons in Seoul this month.

Typhoon Wipha Pounds Hong Kong and Macau With Rain and Wind

20 juillet 2025 à 09:53
The tropical cyclone made landfall in mainland China late Sunday afternoon with winds near to those of a Category 1 Atlantic hurricane.

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Fallen trees on top of a car in Hong Kong on Sunday.
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